Monthly Archives: March 2011

Wanna give your kids a head start?

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Karl

Help them play (Slate): “Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually, spontaneous learning is more fundamental. It’s this kind of learning, in fact, that allows kids to … Continue reading →

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A photo essay time capsule from 1990

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Karl

How to be a Retronaut: “USA Shopping Malls, Summer 1990″

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Andrew Tait’s latest video – comparing every version of IE

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Karl

YouTube: We are IE – Comparing every version of Internet Explorer: From Andrew Tait.

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written haiku for a cause

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Karl

Howard is hand writing individual copies of his haiku ‘Heroes 2′ to benefit Team Kristi, the effort to support the the family of Kristi Hertzog, who is fighting for her life after the birth of her twins.

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How Google Tests Software

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Karl

James Whittaker has been sharing the details on the Google Testing blog recently and it has been a fascinating series: “How Google Tests Software – Part One” “How Google Tests Software – Part Two” “How Google Tests Software – Part … Continue reading →

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Managing development flow to go faster

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Karl

Three from Jon Moore (he doesn’t post that often, but when he does, they are must reads, so subscribe!): Jon Moore: “Managing Software Development Flow” Jon Moore: Intuitions about Software Development Flow Jon Moore: How to Go Faster And one … Continue reading →

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Hyper-local is about community or it fails

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Karl

There have been numerous efforts at building services focused on local communities, and almost all of them, that have not had a community element to them, have failed to one degree or another. Just being an aggregator is not enough. … Continue reading →

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Audio thumbnails from those fighting in Rockford, Ill

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Karl

NYTimes Magazine: “Portraits From a Job-Starved City”.

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New Karate Kid as good as the original

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Karl

With so many things from our youth terribly rehashed these days, you gotta celebrate something when it works, and the new Karate Kid did. They did a good job of helping you relate to Dre as bullied. His size, and … Continue reading →

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Blaming the victim – happens in comics too

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Karl

Jason Todd was the successor to Dick Grayson as Robin. He was initially a popular character who, through the efforts of writers to give Robin more of an ‘edge’ became less and less so. DC, in a stunt it would … Continue reading →

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